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Join us for First Friday with Greg A. Robinson

Please join us for Art, Inspiration, Conversation and Light Refreshments! ɬax̣awyam (welcome) When:   Friday, May 4, from 5:00-8:00pm Where:  Native Arts and Cultures Foundation, 400 E Evergreen Blvd, 101B, Vancouver,…
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NACF’s Community Inspiration Project Airs on National Television

One of the Native Arts and Cultures Foundation’s Community Inspiration Project pilots, “Repellent Fence”, is scheduled to air on prime-time national television Tuesday, April 24, at 8:00 pm Eastern (check local stations here). It will be broadcast as part of the new season of the award winning “America Reframed”.

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NACF attended the CultureSummit 2018 in Abu Dhabi

Native Arts and Cultures President/CEO Lulani Arquette attended Culture Summit 2018 in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. The high-level international summit brought together leaders from the worlds of government, arts, media…
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Weaving for Generations to Come

2017 Mentor Artist Fellow Lani Hotch (Chilkat Indian Village) comes from a long lineage of weavers starting back with her great-great-grandmother. She began weaving with her grandmother and is using her opportunity as a Mentor Fellow to ensure that the tradition is passed on to younger generations.

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Join the 2018 Revolution of Values!

We call on artists, creative organizers, concerned citizens, and all community members to join together from April 2-8, 2018, to draw inspiration from and breathe new life into the prophetic words of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

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Can You Name #5WomenArtists?

Can you name five women artists? Many people can’t. If you can, it probably takes you much longer to think of five female artists than five male artists. Now, try to name five women artists of color. Join us in the #5WomenArtists campaign.

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Remembering James Luna (1950-2018)

Installation and performance artist James Luna has died. Luna, of Puyukitchum, Ipai, and Mexican American Indian descent, passed away on March 4, 2018. While our hearts are heavy with his loss, we remember his relentless spirit and poignant voice as a Native artist.

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Save the NEA

The following is a statement on behalf of the Native Arts and Cultures Foundation, regarding recent proposals to eliminate the National Endowment for the Arts, among other agencies critical to…
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Missing Indigenous, 2017, director LaRonn Katchia

Missing Indigenous To Screen in Paris

Missing Indigenous is a seven-minute film which personalizes the heart wrenching epidemic of Native American women going missing. NACF is proud to support its first international screening.

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Restitution and Healing

As we reflect on 2017, it was a year in which people of this country gathered and championed issues they cared about with strength and determination. Discussions occurred in classrooms…
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